Walking device for dolls and the like



y 1934- G. w. s'rocKER 1,960,981

Filed June 24, 1933 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 May 29, 1934.

G. W. STOCKER WALKING DEVICE FOR DOLLS AND THE LIKE Filed June 24, 19333 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY y 1934- e. w. STOCKER WALKING DEVICE FOR DOLLSAND THE LIKE Filed June 24, 1935 5 Sheets-Sheet f5 W fikw'u aw ATTORNEYPatented May 29, 1934 PATENT OFFICE WALKING DEVICE FOR DOLLS AND THELIKE George W. Stocker, New Haven, Conn., assignor to S. Robert Taylor,Flushing, N. Y.

Application June 24, 1933, Serial No. 677,347

8 Claims.

This invention relates to walking devices for dolls or other similartoys and has for one of its objects the provision of a vehicle uponwhich the toy may be secured and so connected to the toy as to impart awalking movement thereto.

Another object of the invention is to pivotally mount the Vehicle aboutthe wheel axis as to lift the doll as well as the forward part of thevehicle over any obstructions that may be in the path of the saidvehicle.

A further object of the invention is to provide a handle for the toy, sothat it may be adjusted to various heights to adapt the toy for childrenof various heights.

A still further object of the invention is to provide means foradjustably mounting the doll on the vehicle.

Another object is to produce a device of the character described inwhich the maximum simplicity of construction and operation is secured.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the nature of theimprovements (is better understood, the invention consistingsubstantially in the novel arrangement and co-relation of parts hereinfully described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whereinsimilar reference characters are used to describe corresponding partsthroughout the several views, and then finally pointed out andspecifically defined and indicated in the appended claims.

The disclosure made the basis of exemplifying the present inventiveconcept suggests a practical embodiment thereof, but the invention isnot to be restricted to the exact details of this disclosure, and thelatter, therefore, is to be understood from an illustrative, rather thana restrictive standpoint.

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety ofmechanical expressions, one of which, for the purpose of illustration,is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side Viewin elevation of my improved toy.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the vehicle portion of the toy.

Figure 3 is a rear view of a modified form of the vehicle construction.

Figure 4 is a similar view to Figure 3 of a still further modified formof the vehicle.

Figure 5 is a plan view of a modified form of the doll securing means,and Figure 6 is a further modified form of the doll securing andadjusting means.

Referring now to the drawings in detail 10 indicates a vehiclecomprising an axle or shaft 11 having a pair of wheels 12 securedthereto at its ends. Pivotally mounted on the said axle 11 is a yoke 13in abutment with the inner surfaces of the wheel hubs 15. Secured to thesaid yoke 13 is a bar 16 which is secured at its forward end to theupright portion or bar 17 of a triangularly bent-up strap 18 providedwith an extension 19 secured to the rear end of the bar 16.

A forked member or bracket 20 is secured to the bar 1'7 intermediate itsends and forms guiding means for a bar 21 provided with a plurality ofholes 22 through any one of which and a hole in the bar 17 it may besecured by means of a screw and wing nut arrangement 23 to the said bar17. Secured to the upright bar 21 is a cross bar 24 provided with a pairof straps 25 for strapping or securing the doll 26 to the said uprightbar 21.

Secured to the wheels 12 and axle 11 are a pair of plates 30 to each oneof which there is pivotally secured as at 31 a rod 32 which at its freeend has pivotally secured thereto as at 33 a stirrup 34 comprising a Ushaped metal portion 35 and an elastic band or other retaining member 36by which the feet 37 of the doll are held.

Secured to the bottom and at the front of the frame comprising the strap18 and bar 16 is a U shaped bracket 40 provided with a rotatably mountedfront or guide wheel 41 which supports the toy at the front thereof.

Underneath and at the rear of the bar 16 there is secured a bracket 42provided with holes or openings 43 adapted to receive the reduced end 44of a rod 45 which is pivotally mounted at 46 in a U shaped bracket 47secured to the rear ends of the strap 18 and the bar 16. The bar 45 hasa cross rod 48 at its upper end which acts as a handle by which the toymay be pushed along.

It is to be understood that the legs of the doll used in connection withthe device are loosely joined to the body. In the present disclosure,the doll body is made of fabric which is stuffed and the legs 37a dependloosely therefrom as at 372).

It will be understood that when the vehicle is propelled the rods 32will impart a walking movement to the legs 37a. It will be seen byreferring to Figure l of the drawings that by pulling down on the handle48 the forward end of the vehicle including the wheel 41 will swingupwardly about the axle 11 to avoid or surmount any obstacle 50 whichmay be in the path of the said vehicle. The doll may be raised orlowered on the bar 1'7 by engaging the screw 23 with the lower or upperholes 22 in thebar 21.

If desired the bar 45 and handle 48 may be omitted and the toy may bedrawn along by pulling on the dolls hand 52.

In Figure 3 of the drawings I have shown a modified form of theinvention wherein instead of the plates 30 and shaft 11 I utilize acrank shaft 11a upon the crank portions 11b of which the stirrup rods 32are mounted, and instead of the yoke 13, I utilize a yoke 13a whichengages the crank shaft 11a at the outside of the wheels.

In the modification shown in Figure 4, the wheels 12 are mounted uponpins or studs 11b and the plates 30 are secured to the inner surfaces ofthe said wheels 12, the said plates being connected together by anoffset connecting rod 110 upon which the pusher or driving rods 32 arepivotally carried. It will be understood that due to the fact that theyoke passes over the wheels 12 the frame comprising the bars 16 and 18will be of a slightly different shape.

Instead of securing the doll by means of the straps 25, I may, if Idesire secure same by means of spring wire clip 53 which may be suitablysecured to bar 24.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a modified form of the invention wherein I secureto the upright bar 17 a bar 21a by means of thumb screws 23a. The saidbar 210. has fastened thereto a pair of spaced apart cross bars 24 towhich may be secured the straps 25 for supporting the doll directlyunderneath the arms 52 and at a lower point to more rigidly hold thesaid doll than in the form shown in Fig. 1.

Due to the construction of some of the dolls, they may lean forwardly orrearwardly when strapped in place. To overcome this undesirable feature,I provide the bar 21a with a convex portion 211) between the screws 23ain engagement with which there is a screw 23?).

If after the doll is strapped in place it leans forwardly, the upperscrew 23a is slightly loosened and the lower screw is tightened thusrocking the bar 21a rearwardly employing the screw 2312 as a fulcrum. Ifthe doll leans rearwardly then the lower screw is loosened and the upperscrew tightened.

In this manner I provide means for adjusting the doll to always assumean upright position.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have produced a figure wheeledwalking simulating toy adapted for children of all ages and heights andone that will readily avoid or surmount obstacles in the path thereof.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

l. A toy of the nature described comprising an axle, a pair of groundengaging wheels carried thereby, a frame pivotally supported on theaxle, a doll having legs loosely joined to the body thereof supported onthe frame, means connected to the axle and doll legs for imparting awalking movement to the said legs and a ground engaging wheel at thefront of the frame spaced from the first mentioned wheels, a handlepivotally mounted on the frame, a perforated bracket on the frame, andmeans on the handle for engagement with the bracket perforations for thepurpose specified.

2. A toy of the nature described comprising an axle, a pair of groundengaging wheels carried thereby, a yoke pivotally supported on the saidaxle, a bar secured intermediate its ends on the said yoke, a bent-upstrap secured at the front and rear thereof to the front and rear endsof the bar, a bar vertically adjustable carried by the said strap, barguiding means on the strap, a bracket secured to the front end of thefirst mentioned bar, a ground engaging wheel carried by the saidbracket, doll holding means at the top of the vertically adjustable bar,a doll held thereby, the said doll having legs loosely joined thereto,offset means on the axle, rods pivotally connected at one end to thesaid offset means, stirrup brackets pivotally connected to the oppositeends of the said rods, resilient straps encircling the legs and securedto the stirrup brackets, and a pivotally and adjustably mounted handlesecured to the rear of the toy.

3. A toy of the nature described comprising an axle, a pair of groundengaging wheels carried thereby, a frame pivotally supported on theaxle, a doll having legs loosely joined to the body thereof supported onthe frame, means connected to theaxle and doll legs for imparting awalking movement to the said legs, and a ground engaging wheel at thefront of the frame spaced from the first mentioned wheels, a handle barpivotally mounted at the rear of the toy, a bracket provided with aplurality of perforations and means at the lower end of the handle barcooperating with the said openings for maintaining the handle bar inadjusted position.

4. A toy of the nature described comprising an axle, a pair of groundengaging wheels carried thereby, a frame pivotally supported on theaxle, a doll having legs loosely joined to the body thereof supported onthe frame, means connected to the axle and doll legs for imparting awalking movement to the said legs, a bracket at the rear of the frameprovided with a plurality of openings, a second bracket at the rear ofthe frame spaced from the first mentioned bracket, a rod pivotallymounted on the said second mentioned bracket, and an end on the said rodadapted to engage any of the said openings in the first mentionedbracket.

5. In a toy of the nature described, a vertical supporting bar, a secondvertical bar spaced from the said supporting bar, a pair of spaced apartsecuring screws passing through both of the said bars, and a fulcrumscrew located between the securing screws through the first mentionedbar and in engagement with the second mentioned bar.

6. A toy of the nature described comprising an axle, a pair of groundengaging wheels carried thereby, a frame pivotally supported on theaxle, a vertical bar spaced from the frame, a pair of spaced apartsecuring screws passing through the frame and bar, a fulcrum screwlocated between the securing screws passing through the frame and inoperative engagement with the vertical bar, a doll carried by the barand having loosely jointed legs and means connected to the axle and dolllegs for imparting a Walking movement to the said legs.

7. A toy of the nature described comprising an axle, a pair of groundengaging wheels carried thereby, a frame pivotally supported on theaxle, a vertical bar spaced from the frame, a pair of spaced apartsecuring screws passing through the frame and bar, a fulcrum screwlocated between the securing screws passing through the frame and inoperative engagement with the vertical bar, a doll carried by the barand having loosely jointed legs, means connected to the axle and dolllegs for imparting a walking movement to the said legs, a groundengaging wheel at the front of the frame spaced from the first mentionedwheels, and a pivotally and adjustably mounted handle secured to therear of the toy.

8. In a toy of the nature described, a stationary bar, a second barspaced from the stationary bar, a fulcrum about which the second bar isadapted to be swung, and means at adjacent sides of the said fulcrum foradjustably swinging the said second mentioned bar.

GEORGE W. STOCKER.

